A client has a group of vesicles on top of a red base on the trunk. The nurse prepares the client for which intervention?
a. Venipuncture for blood cultures
b. Tzanck smear and viral cultures
c. Cotton swab culture of the vesicles
d. Scraping of the lesions for examination
B
Grouped vesicles on a reddened base are characteristic of infection with herpes simplex virus 1 . Tzanck smear and viral cultures are indicated. Blood cultures would be done only with suspected systemic infection. Swab cultures of pustules in bacterial infections are obtained. Scraping the lesions would be part of the microscopic examination for fungal infection.
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